Is the Iran deal actually a good deal? We would tell so due to a multiplicity of reasons, and one among the others is because we are European. But let’s proceed slowly. What is all about the Iran deal? A little background: The agreement unveiled on the 2nd of April in Lausanne fixed the general […]
A very important Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting took place on the 20th of July in Brussels, under the Luxembourg Presidency. The agenda included once again a debate on the implementation of the actions foreseen by the Agenda on Migration, namely relocation, resettlement and obligation to take fingerprints. Decisions were taken about how concretely […]
On Wednesday, the Greek Parliament approved the sweeping economic reforms, demanded by the its creditors, and paved the way for talks on a third bail-out for the country. The parliamentary vote marked a “serious division” among its lawmakers, which forced the Government to rely on the support of three pro-European opposition parties. But Greece’s efforts […]
On Monday, Hungary started building a 13-foot-high fence along its 109 mile southern border with Serbia to try to stop illegal migrants entering from the south. This decision came after the parliamentary approval of a fast-track amendment, aimed at speeding up procedures for assessing the claims of asylum-seekers and to turn back economic migrants as […]
After overnight talks, Athens and its creditors reached a deal, that will shore up Greece in the Eurozone. Early this morning, the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, stated that the 19 Eurozone governments have agreed in principle to start negotiations for an ESM programme. “There will be no Grexit in form and substance”, […]
With all the eyes set on the unfolding Greek drama, which we accounted for already in this newsletter, few people seem to have paid attention to spectacularly scary news coming from the Chinese financial markets. The unbalanced Chinese economy The Chinese economy is rather peculiar. Most people think it derives its impressive growth rates (see […]
Following a public consultation that the Finance Ministry had promoted on the implementation in Italy of the Directive 2013/34/EU on annual and consolidated financial statements and related reports, the Italian Government has recently issued (May 2015) the Legislative Decree n. 171 draft containing modifications to the current legislation that will affect the domestic framework on […]
On the 26th of June the European Council met to discuss the first implementation package of the European Agenda on Migration proposed by the European Commission. As previously mentioned, in the last weeks many EU countries expressed reluctance, especially towards relocation/resettlement proposals and the use of distribution keys proposed by the Commission. Despite that, the […]
On 24th of June, the European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have signed an agreement to promote jobs and growth, in which stated that social and micro-enterprises within the EU will have access to over 500 million euro of finance. The EIF will not provide direct financial support to new small firms but will implement […]
In the last years, the European Union has been largely investing in urban sustainable mobility, sensitizing public opinion on the importance of a sustainable and integrative approach to urban mobility. In this sense, the Action Plan on Urban Mobility (2009) and the Transport White Paper (2011) are officially showing the path for our metropolitan lifestyle. Opposite […]
